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<p>Where a school identifies that a pupil faces an issue which is affecting their
ability to take part in lessons, they should work with parents or carers to identify
what action to take appropriate to their individual circumstances, following the statutory
guidance set out in the ‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice:
0-25 years’ document. This can be accessed on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>Where a school feels that a child might have a social anxiety disorder or ‘school
phobia’, they might need to seek support from a mental health specialist. The Government
has taken a number of steps to improve provision of specialist children and young
people’s mental health services. An additional £1.4 billion is being made available
to the NHS between 2015 and 2020 to fund increased access. In addition to this, the
proposals set out in the transforming children and young people’s mental health provision
green paper will establish new mental health support teams linked to schools and colleges
This includes supporting all schools and colleges to identify and train a designated
senior lead for mental health to oversee the approach to mental health and wellbeing.
The first areas that will test the new teams were announced on 20 December 2018 and
the longer term aim is to provide teams to support all schools and colleges in England.</p>
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